Harvard Faces Outcry for Rescinding Post to Ex-Head of Human Rights Watch over Criticism of Israel

[Uncle Joe]

[The Magistrate]

1. Care To At Least Provide Name And Offense In Summary, Sir?

I'm curious, but not enough to devote a quarter hour to something I could doubtless read in two minutes or less.

[Magoo48]

3. I prefer the in depth, uncensored news of independent media over the sound bites of the MSM.

[The Magistrate]

4. Thank You For The Laugh, Sir

Brightened my morning...



"There's nothing but the circus clears outta town faster than the Christmas spirit."

[Magoo48]

9. My pleasure.

[Uncle Joe]

6. I feel the same way Magoo, too much predigested food from the corporate media.

I believe they prefer to tell the American People what to think vs how to think and that has been going on at least since the early 1980s.

Of course they have obvious financial conflicts of interest which are all but ignored.

As a result critical thinking has been greatly diminished with the inevitable result of getting Bush the least, Iraq, torture, *rump and January 6th.

[Magoo48]

2. Great Show Today.

I’ve wondered for decades why we give billions to an oppressive, brutal, apartheid state. Israel just elected the most right wing government in their history.

[cbabe]

5. Context as requested from previous post

https://www.democraticunderground.com/112414241

Harvard Kennedy School condemned for denying fellowship to Israel critic

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/08/kennedy-school-human-rights-watch

Harvard Kennedy School condemned for denying fellowship to Israel critic

Chris McGreal in New York
Sun 8 Jan 2023 02.00 EST

Leading civil rights organisations have condemned Harvard Kennedy School’s denial of a position to the former head of Human Rights Watch over the organisation’s criticism of Israel.

The American Civil Liberties Union called the refusal of a fellowship to Kenneth Roth “profoundly troubling”. PEN America, which advocates for freedom of expression, said the move “raises serous questions” about one of the US’s leading schools of government. Roth also received backing from other human rights activists.

But the Kennedy School found support from organisations that have been highly critical of Roth and HRW, particularly over the group’s report two years ago that accused Israel of practising a form of race-based apartheid in the Palestinian occupied territories.

The Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy offered Roth a position as a senior fellow shortly after he retired as director of HRW in April after 29 years. But the school’s dean, Douglas Elmendorf, allegedly vetoed the move.

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[Uncle Joe]

7. Thanks for the addition cbabe

[burrowowl]

8. Thanks

[The Magistrate]

10. Thank You, Ma'am

Much appreciated.

[cbabe]

11. Da nada, y'all!